Geovannie Nieves, 35, wore a blue Turner construction t-shirt, black and green basketball shorts and black sneakers as he was hauled into Manhattan Criminal Court for his 12:30 a.m. arraignment.

“This is an unjustified brutal attack on a civilian who was riding the subway,” prosecutor Shayna Dunning said. “The defendant was begging for money and when the complainant refused, the defendant became irate.”

“The complainant is being treated for a fractured skull, fractured eye socket, and possibly bleeding to the brain,” Dunning said.

Nieves was held on $150,000 bail and ordered back to court on Friday.

“This entire incident is on video, you can see the defendant is unprovoked in any way – and this is not in self defense,” Dunning said. “There are eyewitnesses to the event. The defendant was arrested within a day, wearing the same clothes that he is wearing on video.”